Android: No matter how much space you have on your phone or tablet, you'll eventually fill it up. If you're running low on space, Memory Map will show you what's using up the all that storage.»2/22/15 1:00pm 2/22/15 1:00pm

Android: What's taking up all the space in your Dropbox? Are there multiple copies of the same file in your Google Drive? Get control of your cloud storage with Unclouded for Android. »7/31/14 6:00am 7/31/14 6:00am

Like most things, hard drives run better when you don't stuff them full of crap. Just because you have the disk space doesn't mean you have to use it all up. This weekend, get your drives in order and clear out the unnecessary crap. »10/18/13 5:00pm 10/18/13 5:00pm

Windows: Microsoft has released a Windows 7 update that adds a new option in the Disk Cleanup tool called Windows Update Cleanup. With it, you can free up several gigabytes of hard drive space from the bloated Windows Updates folder. »10/09/13 9:30am 10/09/13 9:30am

OS X: When you start running out of space on your Mac, the best way to figure out where it's all gone is to use a disk space analyzer. DaisyDisk, one of our favorite disk analyzers, is on sale for only $5, down from its usual price of $10. »1/31/13 7:30am 1/31/13 7:30am

If your hard drive is starting to fill up, you may be wondering what exactly is taking up all that space. That's where a disk space analyzer comes in: it scans your disk and shows you, in graphical form, where all that space is being wasted, giving you an idea of where to start cleaning. Our favorite analyzer is the… »6/05/12 10:30am 6/05/12 10:30am

OS X only has a few disk space analyzers, and the good news is that they're all pretty good. Nonetheless, we feel Disk Inventory X is the way to go thanks to its organization, massive amount of information, and $0 price tag. »6/04/12 10:30am 6/04/12 10:30am

OS X: Whether connected to a Mac or a Windows PC, your external drives can accumulate junk files created by the operating system. CleanMyDrive is an app that targets those files automatically and wipes them out to help you avoid wasting any space. It also makes it easy to eject any external drive, or all of them at… »6/01/12 12:30pm 6/01/12 12:30pm

Is your Gmail account nearly full? If it is you can either purchase more space or go through and individually delete every cat picture attachment. Alternately, you can use a clever Google Docs trick shared by tech blog Digital Inspiration to sort your Gmail messages by size and quickly delete space-hogging junk. »4/19/12 6:30am 4/19/12 6:30am

If you're running out of space on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and you've slimmed down your media collection, the only thing left is to put your apps on a diet. But how can you tell which apps are eating up the most data? iOS 5 now has an option that lets you find out. Here's what to do: »12/06/11 2:00pm 12/06/11 2:00pm

If you have multiple user accounts on your Windows computer and are running low on space, you can easily empty the recycling bin for all users with a single command line, assuming your user account has administrator privileges. »10/01/11 11:00am 10/01/11 11:00am

Mac OS X: Broom is a neat little app that sits in your menu bar and monitors your hard disk, letting you know whenever it gets too full. If that time ever comes, Broom will alert you and then suggest files and folders you can throw away to help keep your disk space from running out. »9/30/11 12:30pm 9/30/11 12:30pm

Inside your Dropbox folder is a hidden cache folder that stores deleted files locally on your computer for faster restores. If you use Dropbox a lot, this cache folder can eat up valuable HD space. Here's how to erase those files. »6/10/11 9:30am 6/10/11 9:30am

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Solid State Drives cost more per gigabyte than standard hard drives but promise better performance, durability, and more. Just how much more? Macworld tested a couple of MacBook Pros (one with typical HDD and the other upgraded with SSD) to find out. »4/19/11 7:30am 4/19/11 7:30am